There is a Reason for Everything

The phrase “everything happens for a reason” has been used millions of times over the years. People who go through trials and storms get tired of hearing it, I know I sure have in the past. But, after years pass, you start to understand that it is true.

There is a time for everything under heaven. We’ve had our hearts broken, lost a job, lost a loved one, struggled with finances, struggled with infertility, the list goes on and on. But, did you know… God knows every single detail to every persons life before it even happens. Jesus warned us in John 16 that we would have suffering in this world. He didn’t say we might – He said that we would. Through suffering is how we become who we are. We become stronger and more patient. God wants to see us give Him glory through the hard times. All we need to do is trust His plan because He is sovereign. Enjoy your life and just be thankful for all the good thing that the Lord has blessed you with. Don’t focus or worry about the bad things. In the end, you will see that God’s plan for your life is far greater than your own.

Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

3 For everything there is a season,a time for every activity under heaven.2 A time to be born and a time to die.A time to plant and a time to harvest.3 A time to kill and a time to heal.A time to tear down and a time to build up.4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.A time to grieve and a time to dance.5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.A time to embrace and a time to turn away.6 A time to search and a time to quit searching.A time to keep and a time to throw away.7 A time to tear and a time to mend.A time to be quiet and a time to speak.8 A time to love and a time to hate.A time for war and a time for peace.

9 What do people really get for all their hard work?10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.12 So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.13 And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.

14 And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s purpose is that people should fear him.15 What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.

Matthew 6:25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? 27Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? 31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs.33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”